Head of Liquidity & DeFi Markets

Open Standard; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 220,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Open Standard is seeking a Head of Liquidity and Capital Markets to own the liquidity strategy for Open USD. You will build markets across venues, secure listings with partners, and drive collateral acceptance at major protocols.

The role centers on scaling liquidity with senior leadership and strong cross-functional collaboration. You’ll work with market makers, exchanges, and financial institutions to grow adoption across on- and off-chain venues, partnering with a lean, entrepreneurial team

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience at the intersection of DeFi and business development.
• Detailed knowledge of on-chain market structure, collateral onboarding, and incentive mechanisms.
• Strong relationships with protocol teams, market makers, and DeFi businesses.

Responsibilities

• Own the liquidity capital plan across every chain and venue.
• Select and manage market makers and liquidity providers; negotiate loans, incentives, and exposures.
• Negotiate deals with chains, foundations, and protocols to list and accept Open USD as collateral.
• Manage exchange listings end-to-end, including due diligence and market making commitments.
• Build relationships with custodians, oracles, bridges, and on/off ramps.
• Design growth programs to ensure spend yields lasting adoption and usage.
• Lead analytics: map partner demand, depth and volume, ROI of incentives.

Skills

DeFi experience

Business development

Market making

Strategic partnerships

Quantitative modeling

Job description

Open Standard is seeking a Head of Liquidity and Capital Markets to own the liquidity strategy for Open USD. You will build markets across venues, secure listings with partners, and drive collateral acceptance at major protocols.

The role centers on scaling liquidity with senior leadership and strong cross-functional collaboration. You’ll work with market makers, exchanges, and financial institutions to grow adoption across on- and off-chain venues, partnering with a lean, entrepreneurial team